lawrence lee and daniel tomasavich. >> good morning. john daniel. i heard comments about people that may be disabled and do not look disabled. i am in that category. i am on medicare, social security, for disability because i got aids about 20 years ago, full-blown aids. i asked my upstairs neighbor, a nurse, what i should do, and one, it was travel. i had 17 t-cells left, so it was time to go to europe were used to live as a kid. she also suggested bicycling. right now, welcome in 1999, i got hit by a car in a the bike lanes when they went in on valencia's street. they gave me the illusion of being said, but a car hit me in the bike lane at the corner of valencia and cesar chavez. that to teach me to walk again. i have structural problems with my feet. i ended up in the hospital three months ago with a blood infection caused by an open sore on my toe because of this church or problems in my feet. i have already had won a reputation to my right foot and am looking forward to another one on the left. they're checking it every month with x-rays to see

commissioner buell: thank you. >> i am lawrence lee, a resident. from there, i bike downtown to go to work. i bike west through the part to enjoy some dirt under my feet, to find peace and the sculpture garden, sometimes to go to a late-night party at the museum. i really love those museums on those institutions. their 21st century institutions. not only with the architecture but the programming at the academy of sciences, working on educating people about climate change. and the museum offers a discount if you discountmuni -- if you take muni. this is the 21st century proposal that needs to happen now. it needs to turn into a 21st century park which meets the needs of today's residents, giving a safe place for children and adults, like myself, to learn to bike safely, to practice their skills so they can get out to the streets. i actually feel safer on market street than i do going through jfk. it is because of the level of uncertainty. i. rided -- i have rode my bike in the dark, and people honk at me. people drive at high speeds. that does not h

lee. >>> legitimate fears or an overreaction? plans to clean up water near the lawrence livermore lab are drudging up fears of another issue in the area, plutonium. the pipeline would run through an area where soil half tested positive for plutonium. the energy department insists it's safe and on the up and up. >> plutonium is a highly dangerous contaminant that if airborne and inhaled would have serious health effects for anybody who came into contact with it. it's the deadliest substance known to man. and we have it here in this park. >> there's no apparent health hazards to the public. there's no fear that the public should have regarding small levels of plutonium in the park. >> there will be public hearings before the project begins. it is slated to begin in april. >>> the obama administration is debating whether to test an anthrax vaccine on children. another option is to wait until a bio attack actually happens. and then, gather data from children whose parents agree to inoculate them during an actual threat. a group of federal advisers supports the testing. unlik

lee. happy wednesday to you. kind of nice starting on a wednesday. >> before we start, i want to introduce you to the gang here. lawrence over here and i think you know our traffic gal, elizabeth. >> good to see you guys again. >> all rested today? pretty red lipstick? like the first day of school. [ giggling ] >> and the weather, i go down to so cal, it's foggy down there. >> come back where it's good here and now you brought fog with you. >> i know. sorry. >> drizzle showing up near the coastline this afternoon. we'll see some sunshine but temperatures going to be cooler, highs only in the 70s into antioch, about 68 in oakland, 74 degrees in santa rosa, 73 in san jose. we'll have more on your weather coming up. right now let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. no major roadwork to slow you down this morning. no major accidents, i should say, to start off your morning commute. we have roadwork in east palo alto along the peninsula. so we'll tell you more with that plus more roadwork going on in the east bay including a full freeway closure. >> okay, very good. thanks, guys. >>> it is 4:31. >>> oak

lee. >>> we want to check your weather today because it's so nice out. we want to talk to lawrence all day long. >> and it's going to be lot of, too, i guess, right? >> yes. going to start getting hot in spots something we haven't been able to say all week. out there right now, couple of patches of fog. by the afternoon that is all gone. high pressure building in with some offshore winds. temperatures expected to soar into the 80s in many spots maybe some 90s by tomorrow. that's a look at weather. let's check on traffic with elizabeth. >> we love that high pressure because it does keep things pretty calm on the roads. we have not seen nearly as many incidents this morning as we did yesterday. in fact we saw a lot of spinouts with the wet damp weather. this morning though we are just seeing the usual congestion. a lot of slow traffic towards the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are of course on. we'll tell you how far it's stacking up in just a little bit. >>> thanks. 6:31. this could add to the morning traffic mess. protestors plan to occupy streets in san francisco in ju

lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. time now is 6:30. >> let's give a little wave to lawrence. >> or should we give him one of these? >> i thought you guys were going to give me something else. >> it's ready. >> lots of clouds around the bay area yesterday. we are starting out gray again today with plenty of drizzle but it should be a much improved day by the afternoon, fairly mild into the 60s. we are going to see more sunshine and even some 70s by the afternoon but it's going to get even hotter. we'll talk about that more in a moment. right now let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you. a wet start to the morning drive with slick spots across the bay area including in the south bay. here's a live look in san jose near the trimble exit. and you can see that everything is moving fine in either direction up and down 101, but the metering lights have been turned on at the bay bridge. things are really stacking up there. we'll show you how much coming up in just a little bit. >>> thank you. 6:31 your time. dozens of protestors are waking up in a vacant hotel in san francisco this morning. >> squatters took over

lee. 6:30 now. we are not quite out of the woods yet as far as the rain is concerned. >> lawrence took the day off and we'll kick it over to julie watts and we'll find out what's left of the rain. >> some impressive cells out there now. moderate to heavy rainfall moving in from santa rosa pushing south. scattered showers throughout the day possibility of thunderstorms continue, as well. we have your full forecast coming up with some drier changes on the horizon. >> metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll show you more coming up in a few minutes. >>> a plea to the gunman who shot and killed three coworkers yesterday, turn yourself in. a live look from chopper 5. he is over the quarry. not a lot of activity because officers there have shut it down in order to do investigation for the homicide. and you might remember that this all started yesterday at 4 a.m. at the area when police say shareef allman showed up to a meeting at the lehigh southwest cement company in cupertino and left in return allegedly armed with an assault rifle and handgun opened fire and then took off. and then it w

lee. >> it is. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:30. i wish we could guarantee a sunny forecast but it's wet. lawrencearnow has the forecast. >> we are going to get a soaker but i think the better part of the day going to be okay. a lot of clouds out there now, delays at sfo at over an hour but it's the break between now and the next storm system, that expected to move in a little later on this evening. we'll have more on that coming up in a moment. right now let's check the slick roads with elizabeth. >> it is slick in spots including across the golden gate bridge. you can see the shimmer effect that the wet roads are causing in our camera traffic heading into san francisco right now. it actually looks great across the span. but just getting word of a new problem in livermore. we'll tell you more about that coming right up. >>> it's an international honor for the bay area, a cal scientist just won the nobel prize for physics along with two others. >> saul perlmutter heads up uc- berkeley's supernova cosmology project and kristy seifkin -- i don't think she woke him up but she just talked to him and j

lee. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. time now is 6:30. we got a great weekend ahead and a guy that's just fantastic, that won lawrence karnow. >>> lots of sunshineis friday. it's chilly to start in parts of the bay area. some of the temperatures down now into the 30s in the north bay but a promise of warm sunshine by the afternoon. more on that weekend forecast too right now let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> new hit-and-run crash on 101. live look at 880 where everything looks okay. so we are following that accident in san jose plus they just turned the metering lights on at the bay bridge. a full traffic report coming up. >>> 6:31. the tents are back up and the crowd is growing once again in oakland this morning. the "occupy" protestors did not want to hear what the mayor had to say last night. kristy seifkin has been in oakland all morning to see what's going on now. good morning. >> reporter: one of the protestors i spoke with this morning said they do want to hear what mayor jean quan said but that she expected to cut to the front of the line in this assembly that they were having and when she got cut off, she decided to have her own

lee. >> i'm elizabeth wenger in for frank mallicoat. he gets another day of sleeping in. a long holiday weekend. time now is 6:30. >>> let's check if with lawrence for a look at our weather to start off the monday morning. >> yeah, guys. a lot of clouds around the bay area route now. we even had a couple of light showers out there and you want to bring your umbrella with you today. looks like a chance of some showers especially toward the afternoon. temperatures not all that bad. 60s and 70s. we'll have more on the rest of your weather coming right up. right now let's check traffic with gianna. >> so far traffic bearable. live look at conditions along westbound 580 headed towards the dublin interchange. more coming up in a few minutes. >>> the "occupy" protests against wall street show no signs of cooling off and even more bay area cities are joining in on the cause. kristy seifkin says labor leaders are getting involved today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. still have several protestors out here at the federal reserve. look just over my shoulder. 50 to 60 people still camped out with their tents and signs to be joined by even more sup

lawrence, elizabeth, thanks. good morning, everyone. monday, october 31. so happy halloween. [ghoulish laughter ] >> that is good. >> they think i'm a machine. >> you're very good. >> i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. 5:00 a.m. we begin with occupy oakland protesters and getting some of their supplies back today. >> and pushing for a strike against the city later this week. kristy siefkin is in oakland where the city is promising to return some items that were taken by the police during those raids. good morning. >> reporter: good morning frank and grace. it was on tuesday when that raid happened. that the officials moved in and took actually a batch of medical supplies from the plaza. and protesters had threatened to march into mayor quan's office today if those supplies were not returned by noon. the city has responded and today, they plan to return those medical supplies. >> we had all kinds of supplies. gloves first aid kits. cold packs. compresses. we were pretty well stocked for first aid response. >> protesters were pretty active here over the course of the weekend. they held a march through the streets of downtown oakland. and police were ready with their riot gear. although the are protes